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PEOPLE v. LEE

No. 44461.

54 Ill.2d 111 (1973)

295 N.E.2d 449

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM LEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT W. HALLOCK, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE, Assistant State's Attorney, and JOHN C. O'ROURKE, JR., Senior Law Student, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In May of 1967, a jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, William Lee, guilty of murder. He was sentenced to death. On appeal the death sentence was set aside under Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968), 391 U.S. 510, 20 L.Ed.2d 776, 88 S.Ct. 1770. The judgment of conviction was also...

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